Mark McGwire
Chronology
| 1963 | Born to John and Ginger McGwire in Pomona California |
| 1981 | Accepts baseball scholarship from the University of Southern California (USC) |
| 1982-84 | Sets new USC home run record |
| 1984 | Plays on gold medal-winning U.S. Men's Baseball team in Summer Olympics in Los Angeles |
| 1984 | Signs with Oakland As |
| 1990 | Becomes first player to hit 30 or more homers in first four seasons |
| 1996 | Hits 52 homers, 113 RBIs, and a batting average of .312, hits his 300th home run |
| 1996 | Becomes 14th player in major league history to hit 50 or more home runs in one season |
| 1997 | Traded to St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1998 | Hits 70 home runs, a new major league single-season record |
| 2001 | Retires |
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